The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-27

efS, u pubic meeting was held in tho
Court House to-day at II NJ. On motion
Coroner j.. j.. Boozcr was requested to
act as Chairman and DR.. j. S. Woln,
Secretary. Upon taking tho chair, DR..
Boozer thanked the people for the honor
of presiding over this, II of tho most
important meetings eve held in Lanr-
II county, concluding his introduction
by reading tho following, which is the
call:
PUBLIC MEETING.
"A meeting of the people Of the County
of Laurcns will b. ield i'm tho Court
House on Monday next, the 18th instant.
Tho object of said meeting will DO 70
contradict telegram in tho News e
Courier stating that tho people of this
County justify tho homicide otRL Dish
OPP.
Signed II w Allison, w T. Crisp, JAS
Wham. A Owings, J l. NJ Irby, w Ii
S%toddard,J ID NJ Shaw, a S Owings. j
III Shell, II Owings.
DR. Young road tho following p
from Clinton:
We, tho undersigned citizcns of Lau-
rcnS county, $ c., do hereby ontcr our
solemn protest against the impression
made in the News IL Courier that wcjus-
tiry tho murder of Rufus l. bishop.
This was signed by22 prominent Clin-
ton men, and on the back of the paper
was endorsed as follows.
We endorse any resolutions condemn
ing the action OF the jury who sat upon
TINS case, ana also any resolutions for
getting rid ofJohn ID Shcahan.
This endorsement was rcad amid luS-
ty shouts and cries of "lIang him!'
"IIanG him!"
committee was appointed to draw
suitable resolutions expressing tho
sense of this meeting, consisting Of j II
Switzcr, j + Ramawc, ID G Smith. j II
Shell and j III Owings. After being out
four minutes tho following resolutions
wcrc read:
whereas on thc1th day Of July
1887, Rufus l.. Bishop. upon the
streets unarmcd and unaware was
Slain by Jno. ID. Shcahan, while
running and appealing for mercy,
and whereas in II few minutes after
the said homicide, Joseph y.
johnson, n paid correspondent Of
iornrv for mo y Ghn,hon wIh-
out uEELnrt,Einwt n nn;n
ion orihr nnonIE nr I,ournno hnt NC
we believe to forcstail and Operate
upon public opinion and 20 muZIlc
thc public press Of The state did tel
cor,nh othn Nov, , Cnn.... thn
cGIIourinmuorLstn n,;t. .rr, 10
Tense clnin,s If WAS donc in snlc-Jn-
fonso and so s,vs thn n]nnniom
AuI WhcrcGs thc SAID Jno u
Shcohon has honn t,ioI and o]cnuit'
ted bv iurv Of fhis rountv
NOW therefore be IL RcS0iccd by
the people Of Laurcns in ma
meeting assembled,
Isl. That the said telegram WAS
amaliciouS libel, ana SIandcrupOn
the people o. l.aurcnS County,
md. BE 1t further resolved STAT
While we DO not wish TO impuGnc
Inc motives OF the lurN lmpaOnriI-
cu In sad ease that we cannOt cy-
press TOO strongly our diSSatiS;ac.
o allhc verdict in said case.
ofu. llhaI we pledge ourselves
individually and collectively 20
MAINTAIN onn Niniiriicd thc law
Oh ou' Stit'e ~ IN" hturc
i'h. nat we regard .lno. Hh"a
aah, !nou%h acquitted III thc Court
dcNoiu Oh any respect Tor the laws
otout country having bccn chHrG-
c'l nearly every court since ne mas
peeIi amongst us l0f Niol2tIonS Of
INV;
I'm. ltiilt copNo lh"Sc ltH"olu-
llonS anu inc Judges Charge be
P"p',,,' . ~ ''c" HPhP''H Oh ''v
.""''.S 'he Mems AUG courier ana
''c AUGUSTA ''lfo''icic.
Col john l. Nj Irbv moved That itlc
preamble and resolutions be adept
ed. which called y Is DiuI, ESQ. 20 Inc
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